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Reminiscences of M. Gordon Tiger, 1985

Creator: Tiger, M. Gordon
Project: Iranian-American relations project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript: 81 pages Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

U.S. Embassy Economic Officer, 1960-62; Director of Iran Desk at the U.S. Department of State, 1962-65

Scope and Contents

Recollections of early experiences with Iran in the 1950s; on the working of the U.S. Embassy in Iran in the 1950s and early 1960s; Iranian economy in the 1950s; impact of the events of 1953 on U.S.-Iranian relations; on the Point Four Program in Iran; CIA's assessment of the opposition to the Shah in the 1960s; relations between Iran and Israel in the 1950s; U.S.-Iranian relations in the 1950s; on Secretary McNamara's position on arms sales to Iran; on Ambassadors Wailes and Holmes; Robert Kennedy's meeting with student dissidents and its effect on U.S.-Iranian relations; U.S. policy towards Iran in the 1960s; U.S. contacts with Iranian opposition groups; U.S. aid to Iran in the 1960s; on the Shah's threat to purchase arms from the Soviet Union; effect of the White Revolution on Iranian politics and U.S.-Iranian relations

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Copyright by the Oral History of Iran Archives, 1986

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